Natura - nature
actualia - actual entities
Mundus Plinius - physical world
naturalia - natural bodies
Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Craniata auct.
Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
Superclass Gnathostomataᵀ Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
[crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
[crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
Clade Batrachosauria
Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985 [sensu Reisz et al., 2011]
Clade Sauria Macartney 1802 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
Clade Pan-Lepidosauria Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020
[crown] Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Clade Pan-Squamata Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020
[crown] Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
Bifurcata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Unidentata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Episquamata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Toxicofera Vidal & Hedges, 2005
Suborder Anguimorpha Fürbringer, 1900
Paleoanguimorpha Vidal & Hedges, 2009
Superfamily Varanoidea Gray, 1827
Family Varanidaeᵀ Gray, 1827 - monitor lizards
Genus Varanusᵀ Merrem, 1820
01 †Varanus bolkayi Fejérváry, 1935
02 †Varanus dirus De Vis, 1889
03 †Varanus emeritus De Vis, 1889
04 †Varanus marathonensis Westhover, 1888
05 †Varanus sivalensis Falconer, 1868
06 Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885
07 Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
08 Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland, 1999
09 Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown, 2014
10 Varanus baritji King & Horner, 1987
11 Varanus beccarii (Doria, 1874)
12 Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) - Bengal monitor
13 Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Duya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown, 2010 - Sierra Madre forest monitor
14 Varanus boehmei Jacobs, 2003
15 Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950
16 Varanus brevicaudus Boulenger, 1898
17 Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King, 2006
18 Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp, 1999
19 Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger, 1885
20 Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler, 1999
21 Varanus cumingi Martin, 1838
22 Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown, 2014
23 Varanus doreanus (Meyer, 1874)
24 Varanus dumerilii (Schlegel, 1839)
25 Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost, 1895
26 Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792)
27 Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler, 1994
28 Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) - short-toed monitor
29 Varanus giganteus (Gray, 1845)
30 Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost, 1895
31 Varanus glauerti Mertens, 1957
32 Varanus glebopalma Mitchell, 1955
33 Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838)
34 Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) - desert monitor
35 Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell, 2014
36 Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) - Indian monitor lizard
37 Varanus jobiensis Ahl, 1932
38 Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler, 2002
39 Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington, 1985
40 Varanus kingorum Storr, 1980
41 Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 - Komodo dragon
42 Varanus kordensis (Meyer, 1874)
43 Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler, 2009
44 Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001
45 Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs, 2001
46 Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann, 1834)
47 Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler, 1997
48 Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951
49 Varanus mitchelli Mertens, 1958
50 Varanus nebulosus (Gray, 1831)
51 Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz, 2015
52 Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
53 Varanus nuchalis (Günther, 1872)
54 Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet, 2010
55 Varanus olivaceus Hallowell, 1857
56 Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010
57 Varanus panoptes Storr, 1980
58 Varanus pilbarensis Storr, 1980
59 Varanus prasinus (Schlegel, 1839)
60 Varanus primordius Mertens, 1942
61 Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz, 2007
62 Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010
63 Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
64 Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957
65 Varanus rudicollis (Gray, 1845)
66 Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878)
67 Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) - water monitor lizard
68 Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010
69 Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941
70 Varanus semiremex Peters, 1869
71 Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist, 2016
72 Varanus similis Mertens, 1958
73 Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan, 2014
74 Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost, 1903
75 Varanus spinulosus Mertens, 1941
76 Varanus storri Mertens, 1966
77 Varanus telenesetes Sprackland, 1991
78 Varanus timorensis (Gray, 1831)
79 Varanus togianus (Peters, 1872)
80 Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839)
81 Varanus variusᵀ (White, 1790)
82 Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti, 1989
83 Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker, 1998
84 Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler, 2005